Newsletter - Friends of the Wellington Botanic Garden

P.O. Box 28-065
Kelburn, Wellington 6150
Newsletter
March 2014
Featuring:
Wellington Botanic Garden’s Native Forest Area (p3)
How valuable is the Botanic Garden? (p5)
The Children’s Garden (p6)
Bulb Order 2014 (p10)
The Painted Garden – a Real Winner
President’s Patch
The massive storm which hit Christchurch and
environs on 5 March demonstrated once again,
as if further proof were needed, the power of
nature. On the one hand we need nature and
the elements in order to be able to grow plants
and ultimately to survive; on the other, “100 year
events” have the capacity to destroy what has
been painstakingly put together. In the wake of
the storm, I sent a message of concern and
solidarity to the Friends of the Christchurch
Botanic Garden. John Clemens, Curator of the
Christchurch Garden responded:
We are still here! We were not swept
away by the swell of the Avon
although, on the day, it was hard to
tell which was river, which lake,
which road and which someone’s
front garden.
This photograph looking out from the edge of a
very soggy Victoria Lake in Hagley Park towards
the new Botanic Garden building which is nearing
completion shows a part of the extent of the
flood.
We sometimes consider that our Garden,
perched as it is on steep hillsides with few flat
areas and broken up by ravines and gullies, is
hardly ideal as a site for a Botanic Garden. But
then flooding of the type suffered in Christchurch
is hardly likely to be a threat to us.
Nature has of course other means of
discommoding us. Our Garden lies right on the
fault line running up Tinakori Road/Glenmore
Street. It will surely be affected by any major
earthquake hitting Wellington. On the other
hand, we might reflect that how sensible it is to
have a green area on a fault line rather than high
rise buildings or densely populated suburbs. I
am not sure that the founders of our Garden had
earthquake risk mitigation in their minds when
they mapped out its location but even if not that
is one more reason to be happy we have a
Botanic Garden adjacent to the centre of the city.
On that rather sombre note, may I extend my
best wishes to all members and hope that 2014
may be a healthy and successful year for you.
Frank Wilson
March 2014 flood
Christchurch Botanic Garden
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Botanic Bulletin
Surveying
We have decided to change the way that we
conduct our surveys to see if we can get more
robust information from them. There has been
some disquiet about the way the questions are
put and it has always been difficult to date to
get the sampling spread required of the
surveys. However they have been better than
nothing! We are going to try a
new format which will still involve
staff and volunteers but only to ask people if
they would agree to participate in a survey and
to collect their email addresses so the survey
can be completed on-line. More on this as it
comes to hand.
Treehouse
My thanks to the Friends who offered to
volunteer at the Treehouse over the summer
weekends. In the end we were able to employ
a student, Catherine Chegwidden, to cover the
weekends for us. Catherine has been a great
ambassador for the garden and has been able
do research and data entry work for the team
along the way. The Treehouse will close for
weekend opening at the end of April.
Children’s Garden Event
Thanks also to the Friends for their support for
the launch of the Children’s Garden Fundraising
campaign. Intended as an awareness event,
we were fortunate to also gain a number of
donations on the evening. The campaign will
become more publicly visible from now on –
much of the focus to date has been on funding
applications to philanthropic organisations. We
are now beginning to tackle the corporate
phase.
Any contacts or introductions to
potential funders would be greatly appreciated
Management Plan
participate in that process if you wish to make a
further contribution.
Power Plant
Power Plant is well under way and the publicity
and media response has been invaluable for the
Botanic Garden. There has been and continues
to be criticism that it is a paid event in a ‘free
garden’ but it is at a time when the Garden is,
and has always been, closed to the public.
Attendance has been strong with the first three
nights booked out.
Chalkle
I have forwarded new information about
Chalkle. This is now a standalone web site and
has the opportunity for the Friends to create
their own ‘channel’ for events.
With a
membership database of between 2 – 3,000
this is a valuable pool of potential people to
attend your events. We will also be exploring
this for use with the Botanic Garden events.
The management plan is now well under way
with the final compilation of the draft expected
to be completed this week. The plan plots a
Staff
positive path ahead for the Garden towards
Alistair Whitton, who is just completing his
building a stronger role in education,
apprenticeship, has been appointed as the
conservation and its place as the Capital City
gardener in the main gardens. Ali replaces
garden. Otari with its conservation emphasis
Kirsten Lowe who has taken up one of the
will be pitched as New Zealand’s Native Botanic
business unit health and safety and training
Garden. The plan is scheduled to go before the
advisor roles
Council’s Environment Committee on 20 March
David Sole, on behalf of the
before being released for public consultation on
Botanic Garden Team
8 April. The Friends have an opportunity to
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Wellington Botanic Garden’s Native Forest Areas
Background
A remarkable feature of the Botanic Garden is
the presence of 8 ha of native forest, with some
trees which may pre-date European settlement.
Wellingtonians and visitors are indeed lucky to
have such forest within 1 km of the Central
Business District. The botanical, ecological and
heritage significance of the forest is particularly
high in nation-wide terms.
In 1875 John
Buchanan undertook a botanical survey of the
forest, preparing a hand-written list of the
native plants he found. there (See the appendix
in The Botanic Garden, Wellington, A New
Zealand History 1840-1987; Winsome Shepherd
and Walter Cook. 1988. Millwood Press).
According to Shepherd and Cook “ … this is
probably the first detailed account of the
botany of any area in Wellington ... Few realise
the significance … of this vestige of bush and, if
it is to survive, it requires a very sensitive
management policy. Unless this is carried out
there is real danger that in future years through
ignorance of its significance and by the
continuous encroachment on the area its
historical value could be destroyed completely
… while the invasion of karaka seedlings will
modify other parts … introduced weeds require
constant control if young seedlings destined to
form the future forest are to establish and
survive … “
In 1984 the NZ Biological Resources
Centre listed the Botanic Garden's
native forest areas in Biological
Resources of the Wellington Region,
giving them the highest ranking, ie Schedule 1,
because of the significance of its composition:
kohekohe – tītoki – kānuka – māhoe.
In the same era, the Wildlife Service
categorised the native forest areas as sites of
special wildlife interest. The reasons given
were:
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bird links with other patches of forest in
and around Wellington City
scenic value in residential area
educational, easy access site
tourist attraction
In 1999, Dr Geoff Park, compiled for Wellington
City Council, "An Inventory of the Surviving
Traces of the Primary Forest of Wellington
City." In it he states, "... all around the city,
out of sight and mind, in gully after gully where
last century's fires couldn't reach, tiny traces of
the old, pre-settlement, primary forest survived
...''. The purpose of Dr Park's survey was to
provide a definitive inventory of every site in
Wellington City in which tree species that are
characteristic of the district's primary forests,
still survived.
These included the five
podocarps rimu, mataī, kahikatea, tōtara and
miro; also the broadleaved species: pukatea,
kohekohe, tawa, tītoki, hīnau, tūrepo, rewarewa
and kaikōmako. Dr. Park listed three Botanic
Garden sites, 0.406.8, 0406.9 and 0406.10, as
primary forest remnants.
Primary forest remnants
Our own field work in the native forest areas in
the Botanic Garden on contract to the Friends
in 2002–03, confirmed Dr Park's assertion that
the native forest areas specified, are indeed
Primary Forest Remnants according to his own
definition. Thus, despite some damage and
deterioration over the years, the native forest
areas have retained in essence, their kaumatua
status, a main distinction.
The Stable Gully Interpretation Board on Scrub
Path describes WCC's and the Friends' efforts to
restore and protect their high natural values:
“Our treasured native forest remnants are now
being restored in association with the Friends of
Wellington Botanic Garden. This is a gradual
process which includes removing nonindigenous plants, controlling pests, growing
forest plants on the forest
borders, collecting seed and
propagating seedlings to plant
back in the forest.”
In our
opinion this work is essential to arrest further
decline.
Survey for the Friends of Wellington
Botanic Garden
In November 2002, the Friends of Wellington
Botanic Garden, in consultation with Tony
Williams, then-Curator/Manager, Wellington
Botanic Garden, commissioned us to do a
botanical survey of the native forest, “… to reexamine the health and present state of the
bush remnants in the Botanic Garden”. The
native forest in the garden comprises several
more-or-less contiguous areas which we
numbered and named as follows:
1. Salamanca Slope
2. Druid Hill/Stable Gully
3. Australian Garden/Play Area
4. Cable Car
5. Glen Slope
Our report was published in May 2003, and
revised in March 2005.
The native forest areas in 2014
In preparation for writing this article, we have
walked all the paths and ways, the perimeters,
and un-tracked areas of Salamanca Slope
native forest area.
Salamanca Slope – the margins
This native forest area is bounded by Norwood
Path, The Dell, Junction Path and Mānuka Path,
and is traversed by Serpentine Way.
When visiting the site, we looked for evidence
of:
 the natural recruitment of locally occurring
native plant species
 evidence of plantings of ecologically
appropriate species around the margins of
the forest areas, to protect them from the
edge effect, i.e. the drying out of the plant
community by wind and sun
 infestations of pest plants and other
introduced weed species
 infestations of native species which do not
occur naturally in Wellington Ecological
District
 browse by possums, and
 scouring in gullies, slumping of slopes, litter,
vandalism, etc.
We were pleased to see that beside Norwood
Path and part of Junction Path, native species
such as Coprosma propinqua var. propinqua,
coastal tree daisy (Olearia solandri), and tree
hebe (Hebe parviflora) were planted some
years ago to reduce the edge effect, but
regrettably two of the other species planted,
are not naturally-occurring in Wellington
Ecological District.
The Botanic Garden kānuka forest is highly
significant in Wellington and most of the large
trees are in good condition despite their age.
Beside Serpentine Way there is impressive
kānuka forest to 25–40cm at breast height
(dbh), with some kānuka as well as mānuka
regeneration.
We were pleased to see that the barrier along
Serpentine Way barrier has facilitated
regeneration of some understorey species in
the gullies of Waipiro Stream.
Previously
children used to slide down the slopes,
destroying seedlings.
In The Dell, two of the large, historic, NZ
passionfruit vine's branches have been severed
for no obvious reason.
The kohekohe forest is of impressive stature,
including trees up to 40 cm dbh.
Unfortunately, Hoheria populnea, a weedy
lacebark, is numerous in places, as are the
weeds tradescantia, strawberry laurel and hazel
pomaderris.
Salamanca Slope - the interior
We traversed the forest on a compass bearing
of 172° true, from a point c25 m uphill from
Serpentine Way, near the Overseer's House, to
the junction of Norwood Path and Mānuka Path.
This traverse involved steep slopes, occasional
windfalls, some dense vegetation, and some
more open areas. Particularly impressive were
three very large NZ passionfruit vines, (a
primary forest status indicator), with their
diameters indicating considerable age, a
massive quadruple-trunked 120 cm dbh
kānuka, a kohekohe 50 cm dbh with multiple
limbs, and a very large rewarewa and tītoki.
Seedlings of the large forest trees and
understorey species were common. A tawa
seedling and a black maire seedling (planted ?)
were also noted. Other species included white
rātā as ground cover, māhoe, kānono, bush rice
grass, tarata and five-finger. Numerous species
of ferns were abundant in the ground cover,
and groves of silver fern were frequent.
Of the weed species, we noted seedlings of
karaka, escallonia and Hoheria populnea, (the
weedy lacebark), and of Pseudopanax lessonii
hybrid. In the light gap around the stump of
the large felled pine, are a native fireweed
species, NZ passionfruit, shaking brake, and
dense infestations of several weed species, e.g.
black nightshade.
Climbing steadily up the gully towards the end
of the traverse, we were delighted to see seven
nīkau from 0.5m to c 4m high. Near the top of
the gully and the junction of Norwood Path and
Mānuka Path, are the weeds tradescantia,
montbretia, veld grass and narrow-leaved
plantain, plus the native rengarenga, coastal
flax,
Anamanthele
lessionana,
Sophora
microphylla, and a 20m high kānuka with a
38cm dbh.
Story: Barbara Mitcalfe and Chris Horne
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How valuable is the Botanic Garden?
We all appreciate the Wellington Botanic Garden and value very much all its various
attributes. We support strongly the funding provided by the Wellington City Council and are
convinced that this is ratepayers’ money spent to good effect. But is it possible to calculate
the monetary value of the benefits provided by the Garden? Simon Coats, a Victoria
University student, has sought to do just that. His report makes interesting reading, and we
are grateful that he has provided the following summary of his work for the Newsletter.
The Wellington Botanic Garden provides a wide
range of benefits to its visitors and to
Wellington City, but the full extent and value of
these benefits are often unknown to those who
enjoy them. As part of a summer research
scholarship
from Victoria University,
I
conducted a study over the summer that
identified the ecosystem services (benefits the
humans receive from ecosystems) that are
most relevant to the Wellington Botanic
Garden, and expressed these in monetary
terms. This study aimed to allow the direct and
indirect benefits of the Botanic Garden to be
more easily recognised, both by the public and
from an expense management perspective.
Using a combination of academic studies and
local information, estimates of the monetary
value of 10 of the 12 ecosystems services
identified were made.
Most of the value
associated with the Botanic Garden was found
to relate to cultural benefits such as heritage or
recreation, with direct ecosystem services such
as air quality enhancement providing a small
but important contribution.
Tourism was found to be the most valuable of
these, with an estimated economic value of $21
million per annum. This value represents the
amount
of
tourist
expenditure
on
accommodation and food that can be attributed
to the Botanic Garden. High values were also
estimated for recreation ($6.8 million per
annum), physical health enhancement ($3.2
million per annum), and aesthetic value ($11
million). The other ecosystem services included
in the study (biodiversity conservation, air
quality enhancement, water management,
heritage, mental health, education community
and passive values) had estimated values below
$500,000, or were unable to be valued in
monetary terms.
Many of these values were derived from
services that most visitors would not be aware
of. For example, the duck pond which is
generally admired for its beauty is also highly
valuable as a sediment pit that stops an annual
20m3 of sediment from blocking the city’s
stormwater
network.
Increasing
visitor
awareness of sources of value such as this
could further increase their appreciation of
many aspects of the Botanic Garden, which
would in turn increase its value. The pine trees
at the north end of the garden, which are some
of the oldest in New Zealand, illustrate this very
well.
Increased visitor awareness of the
genetic value and heritage value of these trees
would likely lead to greater appreciation of
them, which would enhance the heritage value
and biodiversity conservation value of the
Botanic Garden.
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The Children’s Garden
One of the major projects that the Friends have
embarked on for 2013-14 is to support the
proposal for the development of a Children’s
Garden in the Botanic Garden. This support is
both through becoming the nominal sponsor of
the project and providing seed-funding to
enable the major fundraising effort required to
get under way.
The Children’s Garden is planned to be a worldclass interactive garden where children can
explore, discover and connect with the natural
world. In this “living classroom” children will
learn about plants and their importance to our
lives and environment. There will be a full-time
educator working with school and community
groups. Young people will be
taught about the vital role plants
play in our lives and encourage
them to respect all living things. They will come
to understand that we rely on plants for our
food, shelter and clean air – and that plants
provide many of our medicines, fabrics and
fuels.
Jesse with kumara
Ollie looking up from the Garden
The garden will encourage hands-on exploration
of plants and their uses. They will be able to
harvest food, make compost and learn how to
grow plants. It will complement and extend
activities already under way in a number of
schools in the region.
The design, construction and education
programme will cost around $2.5 million, of
which $750,000 has been contributed by the
Plimmer Trust and $50,000 by the Lagoda
Legacy. A further $1.7 million is therefore
needed, as ratepayer funds are not being used.
Further philanthropic, community and business
support is therefore being sought. The official
fundraising launch was held on 13 February.
The plan is to begin construction of the garden
in November 2014, with the garden established
by mid-2015, and an official opening in February
2016 once the new plants are established.
Garden management is in the final stages of
selecting a landscape design company after
having received 10 tenders from Wellington,
Auckland, Christchurch and Australia.
The
design process will include:
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Researching and working with children to
identify better the stimuli they respond
best to
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Meeting
and
discussing
with
representatives of migrant communities to
identify crop plants that might be desirable
and possible to grow in the garden and
meet their expectations
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Consulting with Mana Whenua to identify
those elements that they consider
essential to be included in the garden
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Consulting with environmental educators
to understand ways in which the garden
will meet the education curriculum and
how that might be best delivered.
If you would like to assist with fundraising,
please contact Katherine Monks, (04) 806 4723
or (021) 247 9723; e-mail
[email protected].
Story: John Larkindale
With material provided by
Katherine Monks & Ann McLean
Location of the proposed Children’s Garden in Wellington Botanic Garden
(Not to scale)
The Quilted Garden – A look back
The plan was hatched many months ago – to
hold a quilt exhibition in the Treehouse and
to theme the annual bedding in the Main
Garden to complement the quilts. And as
you will know, the gardeners had a lot of fun
choosing patchwork patterns to replicate in
plants, in the end having to sacrifice some of
the wilder ideas in favour of future visual
clarity.
Sheryl Meech, a well-known Kapiti quilter,
curated the exhibition, sourcing a fantastic
and wide range of floral-themed quilts. This
Treehouse exhibition was much enjoyed, with
many people making a special trip to see it
and Treehouse visitor numbers far exceeding
the norm for January. In fact, people are still
asking for it, to their evident disappointment
when the fact that it finished weeks ago is
revealed.
The patchwork gardens, on the other hand, have
kept going like the proverbial Energiser Bunny,
only losing their gleam and gloss at the start of
March. The marigolds, looking good right from
the start, surprised us all at how they looked
fresh right through.
The plan to have a
succession of images worked reasonably well,
but it must be said that, having waited some
time for the rail-fence design in geraniums to be
revealed, it didn’t work at all due to the white
geraniums turning out to be ‘mixed’.
The
bedding plant Iresine, which can be difficult at
times, came up trumps, revealing stunning
definition in the ‘Grandmother’s Garden’ and star
patterns.
Visitors’ delight at the floral patchwork patterns
is obvious and many have been effusive in their
praise. Meanwhile back at the coalface, Garden
staff and management are rapt with this the way
this collaborative effort worked out!
And yes, for next summer we have another cunning plan …
Story and images Charmaine Scott
Wellington Botanic Garden
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Get in Closer
The Friends of the Botanic Garden, is pleased to
support the official opening of Helen Mechen’s
exhibition of paintings Get in Closer, and all
Friends are invited to attend this event on
Saturday, 5 April, 1.30-3.00pm.
Please
RSVP to [email protected] or phone 499
1400 by Tuesday, 1 April 2014.
capture the range of magnifications found within
the subject of an image.
If you are unable to attend the opening, Get in
Closer will be in the Treehouse between 1 April and
2 May. The Treehouse Visitor Centre is open 9am4pm weekdays, 10am-3pm weekends until May;
closed public holidays and weekends from May.
A love of nature and a fascination of microscopy
inspired Helen Mechen to create paintings that
are a mixture of scale, texture, form and colour,
drawn from the stunning natural beauty that
surrounds us.
Helen is a horticultural technician at the
Council’s Berhampore nursery. She has always
been fascinated by the detail in nature and has
been drawing intricate images from nature since
young. She undertook a design diploma after
leaving school, majoring in textile printing,
where she aimed to make fabrics that captured
the textures and pattern found in nature;
images such as lichens on trees, kelp, plants,
using a range of magnifications. This exhibition
marks the first time she has branched out into
painting, and her work very much maintains the
illustrative quality of drawing, while aiming to
Titoki Egg
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Graham Derby 1934 – 2013
Friends will be saddened to learn that the long-time printer of the Newsletter, Graham
Derby, passed away on 8 December 2013, aged 79. Graham was born in New Plymouth,
attending Vogeltown School and New Plymouth Boys’ High School. In 1953, Graham was
awarded a place at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, in the UK. After completing his
training, he flew Vampires with 75 Squadron, RNZAF, ending up as commander of 3
Squadron flying helicopters. He served in Vietnam, and retired on Anzac Day 1989 with the
rank of Wing Commander following a distinguished career. His contribution to the Friends
was very much behind the scenes, but we shall miss his expertise and his “can do” attitude
in getting out the Newsletter as quickly as possible on each occasion.
Material drawn from: the “Taranaki Daily News”, 18 December 2013
Wings over New Zealand web-site
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Friends of the Wellington Botanic Garden
Bulb Order 2014
As is usual at this time of the year, the Friends of the Botanic Garden are able to offer for
purchase a selection of bulbs. An order form is attached at the end of this Newsletter.
Spring Green
Isle de France
TULIPS: 5 bulbs for $5-00
Tulips new to the Garden
Apricot Parrot
Black Jack
Camargue
Cheers
Fabio
Something stronger:
Red:
Isle de France - the reddest red of all
Pretty Woman – lily shape, good strong
red
Carola – cherry red
Gerrit van der Valk - red with
spectacular wide gold borders
Fabio (new) – fringed, orange-red with
yellow fringe
Pale shades:
Donna Bella – a shorty; cream, carmine
patch and leaves spotted dashed purple
Angelique – peony, apple blossom pink
Apricot Beauty – coral/apricot
Apricot Parrot (new) – mixture of
creamy-white, salmon pink, green
Camargue (new) – white with soft pink
brushings
Cheers (new) – creamy-yellow/ivory
white
Spring Green – white with green flare
Purple Prince – large lilac purple flower
Orange Princess – peony, orange with
purple flare
Black Jack (new) – dark purple, almost
black
Strong Gold – golden yellow
For a purple and white effect in the
garden
White Dream and Purple Prince
And a bed of gold
Strong Gold
SPECIE CROCUS: 10 bulbs for $5-00
Cream Beauty - rich cream
Blue Pearl – soft blue
Sun Kissed - yellow
KAPITI COAST BULBS:
Freesia Burtonii: NZ raised fragrant
white flowers, yellow markings; $5 for 10
Ixia: pink, yellow or white $3 for 5
Paperwhite daffodils (N papyraceus):
$2 for 5
An order form is attached at
the end of this Newsletter.
Coming Events
Sunday, 30 March
Local pot-luck lunch
Celebrate autumn and taste the season - bring a
dish made with something grown around Wellington
- ideally something from your own garden. Share
tips on growing vegetables, recipes and tastes with
other gardeners and foodies. BYO plates and
cutlery!
Midday
Pot-luck lunch, Soundshell lawn
(Treehouse if wet)
1.15pm
Bee keeping with Frank Lindsay
(Treehouse)
2pm
Herbs
with
Hannah
Zwartz
(Treehouse)
1 April – 2 May
Get in Closer art exhibition
Treehouse Visitor Centre, 9am-4pm weekdays,
10am-3pm weekends, closed public holidays. Free
entry.
Saturday 12 April, 10am-2pm
Berhampore Nursery Open Day
Emerson Street, Berhampore, Wellington
Plant sales, talks, demonstrations and free advice
Talks:
10.30am
Propagation demonstration - Helen
Mechen & Cindy Telford, Wellington City Council
nurseries
11.15am
Kereru Discovery Project – World
Wildlife Fund
12.15pm
Interactive workshop: children and
gardens - Karl Noldan & Ali Whitton, Wellington
Botanic Garden
For more information, phone 499 4444 or visit
Wellington.govt.nz
Friday 25 April, 1.30pm
Anzac Day Walk of Remembrance
This walk looks at plants from some of the countries
involved in the World Wars and plants associated
with peace and remembrance. Meet at the Cable
Car entrance for this easy 60-minute walk. Cost:
$4.
This walk replaces the regular 3rd Sunday of the
month one.
Monday 28 April, 11am
The Rose Garden and its amazing story
The Lady Norwood Rose Garden was not always the
beautiful garden it is today – learn why during this
60-minute stroll. Meet at the Begonia House. If it’s
wet the talk will take place in the Begonia House.
Cost: $4
Fridays 2 & 30 May, 27 June, 25 July at
7.30pm
Glow in the dark glow-worm tours
Meet at the Founders’ Entrance on Glenmore Street
for these fascinating tours into the world of the
glow-worm. The tours take about one hour. Please
bring a torch. Adults $5; children under-12 free.
Sunday 18 May, 11am
Old-fashioned botanical ramble
In this gentle ramble we’ll consider the main
features of plants that characterise the New Zealand
flora, look at the often-strange origins of the
scientific names of plants, marvel at the humble leaf
as an enabler of life on earth, have a quick look the
subtle but important differences between flowering
plants and conifers and between monocots and
dicots, consider the elegant tree fern’s clumsiness in
building a trunk, and keep a beady eye out for the
poisonous plants and fungi. Meet at the Cable Car
entrance for this easy 90-minute walk downhill.
Cost: $4
Monday 26 May, 11am
Gondwana and our native plants
On this walk we look at the history of some of our
native plants and their connection with other
countries that were once part of Gondwanaland.
Meet at the Cable Car entrance for this moderate
90-minute walk. Cost: $4.
Sunday 15 June, 11am
A bit about bark
The focus is on bark, its beauty and its hidden
treasures. Meet at the Cable Car entrance for this
moderate 90-minute walk. Cost: $4.
Monday 23 June, 11am
Plants and New Zealand poems
We look at some of the plants in the Botanic Garden
and read poems written about them. Meet on the
uphill side of the playground for this easy 75-minute
walk. Cost: $4.
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Friends of Wellington’s Botanic Gardens, P O Box 28-065, Kelburn,
Wellington 6150
President: Frank Wilson; phone (04) 475 7337; e-mail: [email protected]
Secretary:
Website: www.friendswbg.org.nz
Newsletter Editor: John Larkindale; phone (04) 385 2933; e-mail: [email protected]
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fax (04) 385 4279; e-mail: [email protected]
THE FRIENDS OF THE WELLINGTON BOTANIC GARDEN
BULBS ORDER FORM 2014
From:_________________________________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Telephone No:________________________________
Email:________________________________________
Bulb Name
Quantity
Total Cost ($)
Postage $5.00
TOTAL
Please make cheque payments to Friends of the Wellington Botanic Garden and add $5.00 to your
cheque if you need your order posted.
Send cheque and order form to:
Angela Hill
25A Woodmancote Road
Khandallah
WELLINGTON 6035
Telephone: (04) 479 5580